Constitutional Charter of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro

E450120

constitutional charter foundational legal document

The Constitutional Charter of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro was the foundational legal document that defined the loose state union between Serbia and Montenegro from 2003 until its dissolution following Montenegro’s 2006 independence.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro	6
Constitutional Charter of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro canonical	3
Constitution of Serbia and Montenegro	1
Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro (2003)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4536996 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Constitutional Charter of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro
Context triple: [2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, legalBasis, Constitutional Charter of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro]

A. Constitution of Serbia
The Constitution of Serbia is the supreme legal document that defines the country's political system, fundamental rights, and institutional framework as a sovereign state.
B. Dan državnosti Republike Srbije
Dan državnosti Republike Srbije is Serbia’s national holiday commemorating the 1804 First Serbian Uprising and the 1835 adoption of the Sretenje Constitution, marking key milestones in the country’s modern statehood.
C. State Union of Serbia and Montenegro
The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro was a short-lived confederation in the early 2000s that succeeded the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and preceded the full independence of Serbia and Montenegro as separate states.
D. Constitution of Croatia
The Constitution of Croatia is the supreme legal document that defines the country's political system, fundamental rights, and organization of state powers.
E. Belgrade Declaration
The Belgrade Declaration is a key political statement adopted by leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement that articulated their shared principles of neutrality, anti-colonialism, and peaceful coexistence during the Cold War.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Constitutional Charter of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro
Target entity description: The Constitutional Charter of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro was the foundational legal document that defined the loose state union between Serbia and Montenegro from 2003 until its dissolution following Montenegro’s 2006 independence.

A. Constitution of Serbia
The Constitution of Serbia is the supreme legal document that defines the country's political system, fundamental rights, and institutional framework as a sovereign state.
B. Dan državnosti Republike Srbije
Dan državnosti Republike Srbije is Serbia’s national holiday commemorating the 1804 First Serbian Uprising and the 1835 adoption of the Sretenje Constitution, marking key milestones in the country’s modern statehood.
C. State Union of Serbia and Montenegro
The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro was a short-lived confederation in the early 2000s that succeeded the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and preceded the full independence of Serbia and Montenegro as separate states.
D. Constitution of Croatia
The Constitution of Croatia is the supreme legal document that defines the country's political system, fundamental rights, and organization of state powers.
E. Belgrade Declaration
The Belgrade Declaration is a key political statement adopted by leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement that articulated their shared principles of neutrality, anti-colonialism, and peaceful coexistence during the Cold War.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional charter ⓘ foundational legal document ⓘ
adoptedBy	National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia ⓘ Parliament of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ⓘ linked to: Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia Parliament of the Republic of Montenegro ⓘ linked to: Parliament of Montenegro
appliesToJurisdiction	Republic of Montenegro ⓘ linked to: Montenegro Republic of Serbia ⓘ linked to: Serbia
basedOn	Belgrade Agreement of 2002 ⓘ linked to: Belgrade Agreement
cameIntoForce	2003 ⓘ
country	State Union of Serbia and Montenegro ⓘ
dateAdopted	2003 ⓘ
definesFormOfState	loose confederal arrangement ⓘ state union ⓘ
dissolvedWith	independence of Montenegro in 2006 ⓘ
effectiveFrom	2003 ⓘ
establishes	State Union of Serbia and Montenegro ⓘ institutions of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro ⓘ
establishesBody	Council of Ministers of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro ⓘ linked to: Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro Parliament of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro ⓘ linked to: Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro President of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro ⓘ linked to: President of Serbia and Montenegro
follows	Constitution of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ⓘ linked to: constitution of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
hasPart	Human and Minority Rights and Civil Liberties Charter of Serbia and Montenegro ⓘ
historicalPeriod	post-Yugoslav transition ⓘ
includes	provisions on citizenship of the State Union ⓘ provisions on constitutional court jurisdiction at the union level ⓘ provisions on international legal personality of the State Union ⓘ provisions on protection of human and minority rights ⓘ provisions on succession of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ⓘ
inForceUntil	2006 ⓘ
jurisdictionLevel	federal-level union ⓘ
language	Serbian ⓘ
legalForm	constitutional act ⓘ
legalStatus	supreme legal act of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro ⓘ
providesFor	possibility of a referendum on independence in member states ⓘ separate currencies for Serbia and Montenegro ⓘ separate customs systems for Serbia and Montenegro ⓘ separate economic systems of Serbia and Montenegro ⓘ
regulates	defence competences ⓘ division of competences between the union and member states ⓘ foreign policy competences ⓘ human and minority rights framework ⓘ
relevantTo	process of European integration of Serbia and Montenegro ⓘ
replaced	constitutional framework of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ⓘ
setsCondition	three-year period before independence referendum could be held ⓘ
shortName	Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro ⓘ linked to: Constitutional Charter of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro
subjectOf	constitutional law scholarship ⓘ international law analysis ⓘ
terminatedBy	dissolution of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

2006 Montenegrin independence referendum → legalBasis → Constitutional Charter of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro ⓘ

State Union of Serbia and Montenegro → hadConstitution → Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro ⓘ